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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1889
Page
7
Commodities in New York Chicago and St Louis show weak tones with mixed receipts. Wheat No 2 prices range around 42 to 33 cents, oats steady to easier, and various flour, meal, and malt markets report dull demand but stable or modestly firm prices across grades and shipments.
Receipts today include butter 1032 tubs 38 boxes oleo 2173 pkgs cheese 1628 boxes eggs 1795 cases beans 85 bbls potatoes 27 cars sweet potatoes 1421 bbls hay 39 cars straw 11 cars. Prices show creamery creamery quotes steady with extra nos 21 22c and 19 19½c. New York Vermont dairy mixed. beef and legume markets varied. Western extra creamery quoted 19 19¼c. Eggs steady with Eastern extras 21c firsts 17 19c. Nova Scotia and New Brunswick 19c. Michigan 20c. Beans demand quiet, prices firm with multiple pea, screen, and kidney varieties listed. poultry market slow. ducks steady. Potatoes steady with mixed regional quotes from New Hampshire and Aroostook ranges. sweet potatoes higher at Norfolk and Jersey head prices. hay and straw receipts liberal with steady to slow demand. rye and oat straw prices listed.
A quiet market shows Egyptian onions at 159 per crate and Malta onions at 175 per basket. Prices cover beets 35c per box, carrots 40c per box, lettuce 50c per box, cabbage various at 3 5 per 100, and multiple items including cucumbers, beans, and tomatoes with per unit, box, or dozen prices.
The report notes liberal receipts for apples and strong demand for select jet models. Common stock remains abundant, with buyers showing steady interest while pricings show resilience amid market shifts.
A market note details slow sales and pricing across many fruit lines. Graver steins at 3350, Hubbardstons 2, Porters 175 to 200, and several citrus and berry items with fluctuating boxes and barrel lots. Oranges and lemons show limited supply with high prices. pears, cantaloupes, melons, cranberries, peaches, grapes, bananas, plums, and quinces all listed with current bids and recent sales.
The Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange reports Mediterranean fruit imports to the United States for 1888 89 and 1887 88 seasons. Totals show Valencia oranges oranges lemons cases boxes by port including New York Boston Philadelphia Baltimore and New Orleans with season dates November 1 to September 1. Overall imports reach about 1.98 million boxes and 157 582 cases in 1888 89 and about 2.13 million boxes and 164 451 cases in 1887 88.
Liverpool market report lists Rams horns at 13s 6d Bald wins 12s 9d Hubbardstons 12s 9d and red pip pins 13s 9d with today’s quotations.
The Dana has arrived and will sell Saturday. Kong Alf arrives with Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company. Tordenskjold due early next week with Banes bananas for Seaverns Co. Flamborough expected about next Wednesday with Jamaica bananas.
H Harris and Co to auction 1356 boxes peaches 219 cases Tokay grapes and 90 boxes plums on Monday.
The report lists today’s receipts by item with quantities and units, compares them to last year, and notes general market conditions. It covers tallow beef pork lard hams bacon preserved meats and tierces, with city and continental price movements and regional notes from New York Chicago St Louis Cincinnati and other ports. Prices shown include tallow and lard per pkgs tierces and bbls and various pork and beef cuts with firm, dull, or steady trends.
In New York, cotton futures opened quiet and closed barely steady. Quotations show openings and closings across Sept to March, with middling around 11 cents and Gulf ordinary near 8 to 10 cents. Liverpool and other markets report steady to firm tones, with broad regional receipts and sales varying by city.
National cotton data show net receipts at all US ports 92948 for the week ending Sept 13, with exports to Great Britain 39900, to France 841, to the Continent 3260 and total port stocks 106279. Interior stocks 8728 and Liverpool stocks 43000. Comparative figures from last year include receipts 45916 and exports 44091 for the week, with total exports 69877 and port stocks 106279. An afloat stock for Britain stands at 55000.
Kansas City reports steady cattle with steers 3.30 to 3.60, cows 1.60 to 2.20, stockers 2.20 to 3.00, range cattle 2.20 to 2.60. Hogs steady with heavies 3.75, mediums 3.82 to 4.30, Yorkers 4.20 to 4.30. sheep at 3.80 to 4.60. Peoria and Cincinnati prices show hogs steady to weak, Chicago cattle 4.25 to 4.70 beef, hogs 3.80 to 4.40, 4.00 to 4.75 range. strong sheep market with natives 3.50 to 4.60 and lambs 4.50 to 5.30.
Sugar receipts none today and last year 17 barrels with 1252 birds. raw sugars quiet in small supply and refined sugar demand steady at old prices. Quotations cover Cuba Manila Javas Nos 10 to 11 and refineds from pulverized to confectioners and standard A. Belmont A and extra C priced, wholesale granulated at 8 1 2 cents. Molasses receipts today none, last year 28 barrels. market quiet and nominal with Ponce Fancy and Barbadoes figures and New York trade dull.
Coffee from New York to Rio remains steady with a fair rate. Whiskey shows no change. Turpentine and petroleum figures from New York: turpentine closes at 47 47 and rosin at 10 244, tar at 2 75. Petroleum closes at 7.60 cents with RSW at 7.20 cents and cases at 9.10 cents.
A compressed record of maritime export shipments and cargo details across world ports. Items include kerosene oil from Charlottetown Prince Edward Island and vast cargos such as herring beef pork and flour in Surinam and Jamaica. Also lists steamer movements and assorted goods from Liverpool Yarmouth and other ports with numerous box counts and tonnage figures.
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